Smoker&#39;s table



J. WATSON. SMOKERS TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7, I922.

Patented July H, 1922 QFAMES WATSGIE, 03F ATHENS, PENHSYLVAKIA.

MOKE1WS TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jelly Jill, 1922.

Application filed January 17, 1922. Serial No. 52%,960.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES vVA'rsoN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Athens, county of Bradford, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Smokers Tables, of which the. following is a full and clear specification.

This invention relates to that class of smokers tables especially adapted for use in club-rooms where men who smoke congregate. One of the principal objects of applicants improvement consists in providing a-table having means for supporting a plurality of ash-receivers or the like in positions readily accessible to the smokers seated around the table, the top edges of said receivers lying preferably flush with the topsurface of the table, so that they will not form obstructions against which the gamepieces (such as playing-cards or the like) will strike.

Other objects are to provide a game-table which is simple in construction having its ash-receiver-openings formed in the extreme corners of the top, where the strength of the top will not be materially weakened, and

providing a reenforcinghand for the edge of the table, which will not only prevent chipping, warping and splitting of the edges of the top between the ash-recerver-openings, but also around the openings themselves.

These objects are attained by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the tabletop showing the arrangement of the ashreceiver-openings, one of the cups being removed;

Fig. 2 is a detail plan View of one corner of the table showing one of the openings and its reenforcing-band;

. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;v

Fig. 4 is a detail plan view similar to Fig. 2, showing a modified form of reenforcing means;

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing a further .modified form;

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of one of the ash-cups having cigar-supports extending from the top edge thereof and adapted for use with the forms oi opening shown in Fig. 5.

Similar reference-numerals in all of the figures of the drawing designate like parts.

Referring to the drawing, 10 designates the table-top, in the extreme corners of which are formed the openings 11 which are preferably circular and on one side open through the edge of the table-top, said open side being preferably less in width than the diameter of the opening itself, so that a contracted mouth 12 will be formed which will prevent the withdrawal of-the ash-receptacle laterally or sideways, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

In the preferred form shown in the first three figures of the drawing, a reenforcingstrip 13 extends entirely around the edge of the table and into and around the walls of the openings 11, being secured in place by suitable screws 14-, so that the entire edge of the table-top is protected from wear, warping and chipping. This reentorcingstrip may be formed of copper, brass, nickel, aluminum, or other suitable metal or material, and is preferably narrower in width than the height of the edge of the table-top, especially around the openings 11, so that 1t will form a seat or support for the rim or head or" the ash-receptacle and permit it to lie flush with the top-surface of the table.

Instead of extending the reenforcing-strip entirely around the table and into the openlugs 11,as shown in Figs. 1 to 3, short-strips 14. might be used, which extend only a short distance to the side of each opening and over the gap of the opening, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and to the wall of the opening short supporting-strips 15 can be attached to support the inner side of the ash-receptacle.

In Fig. 5, side-grooves 16 are shown formed in the top-surface of the table which are adapted to receive and support the cigarrests 17 extending horizontally from the top-edge or the ash-receptacle. It is obvious that these cigar-rests alone will suport the inner-side of the receptacle, thereliy avoiding the use of the short-strips 15, while it is further obvious that the edge of the table-top directly around the openings 11 may be recessed slightly to receive the bead on the top of the ash-receptacle.

l'f desirable, blocks of small tally-openings 17 can be formed adjacent each opening '11, so that pins or pegmcan be used to count the points made in a game.

The ash-receptacles are preferably cuplike in form to facilitate their use also as bottle-holders, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing wherein a bottle is shown (in dotted lines) supported in one of the receptacles.

I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the precise details of construction and arrangement shown, as variations and modifications therefrom may he made without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention and improvements. I therefore reserve the right to all such Verietions and modifications as properly fall Within the scope of my invention and improvements and the terms of the following claims. What I claim is:

1. A game-table having 0 enings formed at its corners and provide with an open side, a'reen'forcing-strip secured to the edge of the table and extending around one side of each of said openings to form a support for a cup-like receptacle, the top-edge of said reenforcing-strip being positioned below the top-surface of the table to permit the head around the top-edge of the receptacle to lie flush with the top-surface oi the table.

2. A table having each of its corners cut arm to form a notch-like opening Whose vertical Wall is curved to fit the Wall of a cylindrical receptacle set down in the opening, the throat of said opening being narrower than the diameter of the receptacle to thereby prevent the receptacle from lateral dislodgnient through the throat,

essee? and a metal reeniorcing strip secured to the and said projecting lips adapted to lie in said surface grooves.

l. A table having one of its corners cut away to form a notch-like opening having a' curved well adapted to fit a cylindrical receptacle, a metal strip fastened to the edge of the table to reenforce the cut-away corner, said strip being adapted also to hold the cup from lateral dislodgment through the throat of the opening and also to engage under the rim-bead of the cup for supporting the same.

In testimony whereof I hereunto ailix my signature.

JAMES TWATSON.

Witnesses:

S. O. BILLINGS, A. L. Rsnrnnson. 

